The Daily Telegraph suffered the biggest month-on-month fall of the daily quality newspapers in October - at least partly due to the decision to start reducing the number of bulks.

According to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, published today, the Daily Telegraph, which had been hovering around the 800,000 sales mark for some time, fell 4.23% year on year and 3.55% month on month to 767,894.

Last month the Daily Telegraph sold 323,407 copies at full rate, 42% of its overall sales.

In October the Guardian, which removed bulks from its circulation in August, was the biggest year-on-year faller among the quality dailies, down 11.97% to 311,878, although this was down just 0.98% month-on-month.

The Guardian, part of Guardian News & Media, which also publishes MediaGuardian.co.uk, sold 231,506 copies at full rate, 74% of overall sales - the highest figure in the quality daily sector.

Last month the Times, which is planning to remove bulk sales from its figures but has not yet done so, was up 0.05% month-on-month but down 9.18% year on year to 571,783. Some 64%, or 367,281 copies, were sold at the full cover price.

The Independent was up 0.3% month on month but down 6.95% year on year to 187,047. Almost exactly half - 94,964 copies - were sold at full rate.

In October the Financial Times was up 1.05% month on month but also down year-on-year, 7.14%, to 412,854.

Last month the FT's UK and Ireland edition averaged a total of 110,684 copies. This included 31,400 bulk sales. The FT circulated 140,300 copies in the US, 115,951 in Europe and 37,516 in Asia.

The FT sold 67,771 copies at full price in the UK and Ireland, 61% of its UK circulation.

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